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Another perfect day. Sunny and warm. Strong south wind. Got up and made coffee. Joy and I went in to the house and visited with Jay and Kayla. Jay had to go to work at 11:30AM. Tightened the bolts on the tow bar. Pulled in the slide and raised the jacks. Cathy helped me hook […]

Beautiful fall day. Sunny and warm. Made coffee. Sean and Zoe were trying out their new back pack blower on the leaves Put the tow bar on the Equinox and got motorhome ready to leave Started for Cold Spring at 12:00PM. Stopped at Trader Joe’s in Maple Grove Bought some Italian pasta, salmon patties and […]

Got up. Made coffee and ate ginger snaps for breakfast. Watched Fox News. At 10:30AM left for River Falls, WI to visit Gary, my friend from the second grade. We did a lot of camping and went to Europe together. It was a pretty drive through Prescott and the Wisconsin farm land. They were harvesting […]

Got up made coffee and bagel. Walked Joy. Talked to our overnight neighbor in the Ghost Super C Something happened to his 4 Down Towing of the Jeep Rubicon. He was going to rent a U-Haul trailer to tow the Jeep. He is from Alaska, but also has a place on Upper Peninsula Michigan. He […]

Got up early. Made coffee and toasted a bagel. We left for Avalon Lake and the Olsen’s at 9:00AM. Stopped at Melissa’s. She had just gotten up. She took us over to Daris’s. Kathryn, Erik, AJ and Aksel were up. Helped AJ with a Jig Saw Puzzle. Aksel was pretty busy checking things out AJ […]

Got up made coffee and bagel. Got things straightened out in motorhome to make a move to Thunder Bay RV Resort. Watched GMA and Live with Kelly & Ryan. Took Joy for a walk around RV park. Went by the stone cabins down to the Boat Ramp Pulled in the slides, raised the jacks and […]

Got up, had the usual coffee & bagel. Checked email & Internet. Watched GMA & Live with Kelly & Ryan. Sliced up Pepperoni, Salami, Summer Sausage & cheese for afternoon snack. Stopped at ACE Hardware and bought screws and Super Glue. Went into Melissa’s and talked to Arild. He made me a cup of coffee. […]

Got up made coffee and toasted a bagel. Took Joy for a walk and checked out showers. They are very nice. Walked back to our site At noon we headed east on M-33 to Alpena. MI. Stopped at Walmart and picked up a few things. Got some snacks for the afternoon. Went to Dollar Tree […]

Got up early & made coffee. Got ready to attend Alessandra & Aksel’s Baptism. We drove into Hillman and met the Olsen’s at the BP Station. Followed them to St Johns Church in the country. It is a beautiful church built in 1932. Melissa’s cousin JR, a retired Pastor performed the ceremony After the ceremony […]

Got up made coffee and got ready to leave. Cleaned the windshield and got ready to leave. Left our campsite at 11:00AM. Turned south onto US-23. We drove 12 mi to Cheboygan where Maps had us turn onto F-05, a narrow county back road. 12 mi farther it turned into Black River Road a wider […]